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France Mediterranean SeaEtang de Thau is a beautiful inland sea - not very deep but so rich in fishes and all other things...
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United Kingdom South China SeaDive site is a shallow lagoon (max depth 12m) in a sheltered sandy bay. There is normally no current and the area is roped off for snorkelers to use, so it's a popular site with lots of boat traffic and for that reason care needs to be taken if diving on the deeper outside edge of the lagoon. It has a large coral reef with densely packed coral heads fringing the lagoon. Experienced divers will probably want to dive along the fringing edge and avoid the shallower snorkeling areas.
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website more info about D'Lagoon, Perhentian Kecil including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaThe site consists of a small circular group of rocks at the southern end of the lighthouse reef. Currents can be strong at time and we experienced thermoclines with deteriorating visibility at the deepest parts. Sea temp in May 29c
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United Kingdom Atlantic (European coastal)Le Poulmic 50.18.00, 04.09.65
Used as a minesweeper during the war Le Poulmic was sunk on 6th October 1940 by a German parachute mine
Le Poulmic was 121 ft long with a 27ft beam so quite small ship.
Le Poulmic is scattered over a wide area on a rocky seabed at 15-20M. the deck, winches and double bottom comprise the main structure left.
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United Kingdom Atlantic (European coastal)The Glen Strathallan was 150 ft long 150 Tonnes with a 22 foot beam and built in 1928.
She was used as an escort ship during the war.
She was deliberately sunk in 1970 just off the shagstone in 15M. Very broken up but boiler and deck winch intact.
she is at 50.18.84, 04.07.81
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Malaysia South China SeaThe site consists of a collection of very large granite boulders, the top of which is about 7m, and the bottom is in 21m. Between the boulders there are swim throughs, and lots of soft corals and sea fans. A large variety of nudibranchs can be found on the corals and sponges over the rocks. Sea Temp in May 29c
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website more info about Three Brothers (Terumbu Tiga), Perhentian Besar including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaShallow sandy area with lots of small soft corals in a depth of 12 to 14 metres. Usually little to no current. The area is a nursery for small fish and the soft corals are home to numerous small crabs, so there is lots of macro life. Sea Temp in May 29c
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website more info about Near Romantic Beach, Perhentian Kecil including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Malaysia South China SeaMuck dive site with sandy bottom at depth of 24 metres. Current can be strong so it's best done on slack water. Visibility can be poor < 3 metres sometimes. Small soft corals can be found in the sand and these are shelter and home to seahorses, decorator crabs, octopuses (including Blue Ring) and porcelain crabs. Sea Temp in May 29c
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website more info about Petani Drift, Perhentian Kecil including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Maldives Indian Oceanperfect place for pros and begginers
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Malaysia South China SeaMuck dive site, with a large amount of old fishing or mooring line, a large part of which is lying on the sandy bottom at a depth of 22 metres. There's supposed to be a black frogfish somewhere in the area, usually on the line, but we didn't see it. Some small seafans with nice Allied Cowries (Phenacovolva sp.) and some unusual nudibranchs. Sea Temp in May 29c.
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website more info about Frog Mooring, Perhentian, Kecil including maps, reviews, and ratings...
United States Caribbean SeaGreat local Dive site, plenty of snapper and grouper to see. During whale season you might get lucky and have a Humpback Whale swim over you.
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SwitzerlandMost probably the best river dives in Europe....
more info about Lavertezzo, Verzasca River, Tessin, Switzerland including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Thailand Andaman SeaBeautiful divesite northwest of Phi Phi Ley between Palong and Maya Bay. Reef slope with boulders and partly wall, partly covered with dendronephtya, sea fans and barrel sponges. Interesting macro life like seahorses, frogfish, ghost pipe fish, shrimpfish, pipefish. Hawksbill turtles are most of the time around, occasionally leopard and blacktip reef sharks.
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Thailand Andaman SeaLocated on the north west side of Phi Phi Ley. Partly wall (laying in north-southern direction) with dendronephtya soft corals, sea fans. Sandy bottom around 15-20m, boulders laying around, on the outer ones cleaning stations with interesting macro life: nudibranch, cleaner shrimp, ghost pipe fish, seahorse, frog fish, pipe fish. Shoals of snappers. Hawksbill turtles and occasional leopard sharks around. In the north temporaly blacktip reef sharks seen.
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AustraliaAwesome diving.
Manta rays, marble rays, Bull rays.
Loggerhead Turtles, other turtles.
Queensland Gropers.
Sea Snakes.
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Indonesia Bali SeaThis divesite which is located a few hundered meters north of Batu Kelebit is accessed from the shore, consisting of small stones and pebbles. At a depth of around 4 meter the bottom changes into sand with here and there a small coral formation with small marine life.
more info about The River, Tulamben, Bali including maps, reviews, and ratings...
Philippines Philippine Seaa lot of macro subjects available.
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Egypt Red SeaAn exellent dive, I beleive the best of the four reefs of the Straights of Tiran off Sharm. Both sides of the reef have abundant marine life, and during the warmer months hammer heads can be seen on the north side.
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Thailand Andaman SeaOne of the best divesites for Ao Nang Local Island. A lot of big schools of snappers, fusiliers etc. Macro life very rich with nudibrances, seahorses etc Visibility varies from the low to excellent.
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Philippines South China SeaKoala is south of Eagle Point and was about a 10 minute boat ride from Club Ocellaris the resort I stayed at. It’s made up soft and hard corals along with some very big rocks. It gradually slopes down to a sandy bottom at around 80 feet. I’m told there usually isn’t much current and it makes an idea night dive. I ended up making two dives here. One on the 1st and another on the 2nd.
The first night we were in the water at 6:22. Water temp was 85F and visibility was as far as my light would reach, which meant over 50 feet. Beyond that it was hard to tell.
I almost immediately spied a nudibranch and was delighted to see that it was one that I did not have a photo of. I took several photos. Then a few of some brightly colored feather stars (crinoids) and then my camera stopped working
I cursed myself immediately as my first thought was that I had been getting close to a full memory card and I had allowed myself to get in such a hurry to get in the water, that I had forgotten to change it Then I turned off the camera and continued the dive... what else could I do
Of course this meant that I would have a great dive … among other things I didn’t get to take a photo of was a very nice Warty Frogfish (a small juvenile), a few more species of nudibranchs, various crabs, fish, etc… Plenty of life down there, and I wasn’t getting any photos…. but I would get to make it up a little the following night.
After a short 46 minute dive where I had a maximum depth of 76 feet, we returned to the boat and headed in.
I was back the next night. My dive started at 7:10 PM and lasted 62 minutes. Maximum depth this time was 74 feet and water temperature was again 85F. Visibility also again was as far as my light would shine, 50-60 feet plus.
The dive started off with my getting a shot of a Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray. Roger had suggested earlier in the day about getting shots showing the huge variety of colors and I found myself often following this advice, ending up with photos with the most incredible colors from the huge variety of corals, anemones, and feather stars.
On into the dive along with the usual variety of fish, Peri, my guide, pointed out two nudibranchs right near to one another. Chromodoris willani they turned out to be. Then there was a little red octopus, then an anemone crab, two lionfish together, a wide assortment of corals, sea pens, a prawn, squid, another new species of flatworm (I’m still working on identifying), porcupinefish, another nudibranch (Halgerda carlsoni), another as yet unidentified nudibranch, a flathead, another nudibranch (Phyllidiella pustulosa), and another nudibranch, another anemone crab, a hermit crab, another new species of flatworm, a huge pufferfish inside a barrel sponge, another crab I haven’t identified yet, another new nudibranch, a huge crab, and an hour had flown by. No sign of the frogfish from the night before, but my air supply said it was time to go up!
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